Game



in the nature of catapults from which rings Patented Feb. 16, 1926.

LOUIS CHERIE HOUL E, OF-WEST PITTSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA.

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Application filed October 14, 1925. Serial No. 62,462.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known thatI, LOUIS C. Home, a'

citizen of the United States, and a resident of lVest Pittsburg, in thec'ounty of Law-' rence and State of Pennsylvania, United States ofAmerica, have inventeda new and Improved Game, of which the following isa full, clear, and exact description.

Objects of the present invention are to provide an amusing gameapparatus which may be manufactured at a low cost, Which is of simple,durable construction, and of neat and attractive appearance.

In a preferred embodiment, the game apparatus includes a target memberwhich may be in tl'ie'natureof a stake, and one or more projectingmembers for elfecting the movement of projectiles toward the stake. V

Preferably the projecting members are may be tossed at the stake.

lVith the. above noted and other objects in view' the invention consistsin certain novel features of construction and combina tions andarrangements of parts,'as will be, more fully hereinafter set. forth andpointed out in the claims. The invention may be more fully understoodfrom the following description in connection'with the accompanyingdrawings, wherein Fig. 1 is a plan view of a embodying the invention. Jp

Fig. 2 is alongitudinal sectional View on the line 22 of Fig. 1. 7

It is to be understood that while I have shown the invention embodied inanex tremely simple form, the particular manner of constructing theapparatus is subjectcto a wide variety of modification and refinements.

As shown in the drawings, the apparatus includes a base member 10'wh'ich may conveniently consist of an elongated flat" plate, either ofwood or of some'heavier material. Centrally of the plate there ismounted a field or platform 11 which has'been illusgame apparatus disc.A target member which in the present instance-isa stake 12, rises fromthe center o-f'the platform and 1s fixed 1n. the plate.

v1 provide a projecting or catapulting means which is used to throwprojectiles preferably in thenature of rings 13. Anynumber of suchprojecting members might be used. In a preferred form of the apparatushowever, I provide one of such members .at each end of the plate 10,said members being in the nature of spring fingers lt havingtheir endsrcmovably bolted or otherwise secured at 15 to the plate ends. The

fingers 14 incline upwardly and outwardly from the plate and terminatein enlarged platform portions 16 disposed at a slight angle to thefingers. In operation a ring 13 1S placed upon one of the platforms 16and said platform manually depressedby the finger of the player toapproximately the dotted line position of Fig. 2. As suchplatform isreleased, the inherent resiliency of the spring fingers will tend torestore the same rapidly to its normal position, andthe ring 18 willthereby be catapulted off the, platform 16, describe a half circle intheair and land on or near the stake 12. r j The use of the two catapultingmembers 1S convenient when two persons are playing the game. The gamemay be scored like quoits or in any other manner which is decided upon.The relatively wide platform member 11 assures a flat landing place forthe rings eventhough the marksmanship of the players is relatively poor.

'Various changes and alterations might be made in the form andarrangement of the parts described without. departing from theinvention, and hence I do'not wish to limit myself to the precisedetails set forth, but shall consider myself at liberty to make suchchanges as fairly fall within the spirit and scope of the appendedclaims.

Iclaim: f

1'. A game apparatus including a .base

I plate, a platform member of greater width trated as comprising a thinflat metallic than the base plate, arranged centrally thereon, a stakerising from the center of the platform member spring lingers havingtheir ends fixed to the ends of the base plate, said fingers includingenlarged lree extremities for supporting annular projectile mem berswhereby the projectile members may be catapulted toward the stake whenthe fingers are manually depressed and released.

2. Ina game apparatus of the class described, an elongaled narrow baseplate, a 10 stake rising centrally therefrom inclined spring lingers atopposite ends of the base adapted to support annular projectiles to betossed at the stake, a symmetrical landing platform for the projectilesencircling the stake and extending laterally Well beyond the base plate.

LOUIS GHERIE HOULE.

